Problem‐Solving Appraisal, Health Complaints, and Health‐Related Expectancies

Elliott, Timothy R.; Marmarosh, Cheri L.

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1994.tb00987.x

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“…For example, cross-sectional and prospective research has demonstrated that social problem-solving abilities are correlated in predicted directions with perceptions of health and physical symptoms (Elliott & Marmarosh, 1994), secondary health complications (Elliott & Shewchuk, 2003; Herrick, Elliott, & Crow, 1994), health compromising behaviors (Dreer, Elliott, & Tucker, 2004), and adherence to medical regimens (Johnson, Elliott, Neilands, Morin, & Chesney, 2006). Social problem-solving abilities have also been found to influence the adjustment of family members who assume caregiving responsibilities of persons with chronic disabilities (Bambara, Owsley, Wadley, Martin, Porter, & Dreer, in press; Dreer, Bambara, Simms, Snow, & Owsley, 2008; Elliott & Shewchuk, 2003; Elliott, Shewchuk, & Richards, 2001; Grant, Elliott, Giger, & Bartolucci, 2001; Kurylo, Elliott, DeVivo, & Dreer, 2004).…”

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Efficient assessment of social problem‐solving abilities in medical and rehabilitation settings: a rasch analysis of the social problem‐solving inventory‐revised

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The Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised Scale (SPSI-R) has been shown to be a reliable and valid self-report measure of social problem-solving abilities. In busy medical and rehabilitation settings, a brief and efficient screening version with psychometric properties similar to the SPSI-R would have numerous benefits including decreased patient and caregiver assessment burden and administration/scoring time. Thus, the aim of the current study was to identify items from the SPSI-R that would provide for a more efficient assessment of global social problem-solving abilities. This study consisted of three independent samples: 121 persons in low-vision rehabilitation (M age = 71 years old, SD = 15.53), 301 persons living with diabetes mellitus (M age = 58, and SD = 14.85), and 131 family caregivers of persons with severe disabilities (M age = 56 years old, SD = 12.15). All persons completed a version of the SPSI-R, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Using Rasch scaling of the SPSI-R shortform, we identified a subset of 10 items that reflected the five-component model of social problem solving. The 10 items were separately validated on the sample of persons living with diabetes mellitus and the sample of family caregivers of persons with severe disabilities. Results indicate that the efficient 10-item version, analyzed separately for all three samples, demonstrated good reliability and validity characteristics similar to the established SPSI-R short form. The 10-item version of the SPSI-R represents a brief, effective way in which clinicians and researchers in busy health care settings can quickly assess global problem-solving abilities and identify those persons at-risk for © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: Laura E. Dreer, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 609 Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital, 1720 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294-0009; e-mail: dreer@uab.edu. NIH Public AccessAuthor Manuscript J Clin Psychol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 January 1. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript complicated adjustment. Implications for the assessment of social problem-solving abilities are discussed. Keywordssocial problem solving; rehabilitation; screening; health conditions; medical settings Social problem-solving abilities have been continuously found to influence adjustment among people in general and among those with a wide variety of emotional and medical health concerns (Dreer, Elliott, Fletcher, & Swanson, 2005;Elliott, Grant, & Miller, 2004;Heppner, Witty, & Dixon, 2004;Hills-Briggs et al., 2006;Nezu, Nezu, Friedman, & Houts, 1999). For example, cross-sectional and prospective research has demonstrated that social problem-solving abilities are correlated in predicted directions with perceptions of health and physical symptoms (Elliott & Marmarosh, 1994), secondary health complication...

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“…Una baja percepción de control parece ir acompañada de una interpretación negativa de las sensaciones fisiológicas, considerándolas como síntomas de alguna enfermedad (Elliot y Marmarosh, 1994). Pennebaker (1982) ha subrayado en este sentido, que la sensación de bajo dominio sobre la situación podría activar el funcionamiento de esquemas negativos, los cuales potenciarán, a su vez, la atención selectiva hacia las sensaciones corporales.…”

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La salud emocional desde la perspectiva de la competencia percibida [Emotional health within the scope of perceived competence]

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41 ResumenLa finalidad de este trabajo ha sido analizar la relación que existe entre la competencia percibida (Wallston, 1992) y los procesos de afrontamiento, así como su influencia sobre la aparición de síntomas emocionales, en una muestra de sujetos sanos. Los objetivos planteados en esta investigación fueron los siguientes: (1) confirmar que la competencia percibida promueve un afrontamiento dirigido a la solución del problema, a la vez que disminuye el afrontamiento centrado en la emoción negativa y el autoinforme de síntomas; y (2) determinar si la conexión entre la percepción de competencia y la presencia de síntomas es directa, o se halla mediada por los procesos de afrontamiento.La muestra estuvo compuesta por 173 sujetos, con una edad media de 33 años (rango 17-67). Los análisis de regresión pusieron de manifiesto que la competencia percibida predecía de forma positiva el afrontamiento centrado en la tarea, y de forma negativa el afrontamiento focalizado en la emoción y los síntomas autoinformados. Asimismo, cuando se introdujo el afrontamiento en la ecuación de regresión, solamente el centrado en la emoción medió parcialmente la relación entre la competencia percibida y los síntomas. Ni el afrontamiento focaliza- AbstractThe aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between perceived competence (Wallston, 1992), coping processes, and emotional symptoms in a healthy sample. The objectives for this research were the following ones: (1) to confirm that perceived competence fosters a problem-focused coping, and reduces the emotionfocused coping and the self-reported symptoms; and (2) to establish whether the connection between perceived competence and emotional symptoms is direct or if it is mediated by coping.The sample was composed by 173 subjects, aged 17 to 67 years old and an average age of 33. The regression analyses demonstrated that perceived competence positively predicted taskfocused coping, and negatively predicted emotion-focused one as well as self-reported symptoms. Furthermore, when coping was introduced into the regression equation, only emotionfocused coping partially mediated the relationship between perceived competence and the symptoms. Neither task coping nor avoidance coping were predictors of the self-reported symptoms.We conclude that perceived competence beliefs constitute an important psychological 1 Este trabajo forma parte del Proyecto de Investigación PB-98-0016, financiado por la DGICYT.

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“…In contrast, a negative problem orientation is associated with ineffectual coping, negative emotional experiences under general and stressful conditions, and more critical views of the self and personal abilities (Elliott, Herrick, MacNair, & Harkins, 1994;Elliott, Sherwin, Harkins, & Marmarosh, 1995), which tend to reinforce a negative orientation and impair problem-solving efforts (Nezu, 1987;Nezu & D'Zurilla, 1989). A negative problem orientation is also associated with more health complaints (Elliott & Marmarosh, 1994). Problem-solving skills encompass the specific, goal-directed strategies by which individuals define problems, gather facts about problems, generate alternatives, decide on solutions, and implement and monitor problem-solving strategies, according to the original model of D' Zurilla and Goldfried (1971).…”

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FOCUS on the Family Caregiver: A Problem‐Solving Training Intervention

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Elliott²,

Shewchuk³

2001

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Problem‐solving interventions have documented effectiveness in treating distress among a variety of clientele. The authors discuss the application of training in social problem solving with family caregivers of persons who have incurred severe physical disabilities. Specifically, the authors outline training procedures (i.e., Project FOCUS) that enable counselors to assist family caregivers in developing effective problem‐solving skills that may translate to increased wellness for each caregiver, and by extension, their care recipients.

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Problem‐Solving Appraisal, Health Complaints, and Health‐Related Expectancies

Cited by 48 publications

References 38 publications

Efficient assessment of social problem‐solving abilities in medical and rehabilitation settings: a rasch analysis of the social problem‐solving inventory‐revised

Efficient assessment of social problem‐solving abilities in medical and rehabilitation settings: a rasch analysis of the social problem‐solving inventory‐revised

La salud emocional desde la perspectiva de la competencia percibida [Emotional health within the scope of perceived competence]

FOCUS on the Family Caregiver: A Problem‐Solving Training Intervention

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